{"id":33829,"date":"2026-09-11T16:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T23:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=33829"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T23:41:52","slug":"14-novices-make-their-first-salesian-religious-profession-at-colle-don-bosco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/09\/11\/14-novices-make-their-first-salesian-religious-profession-at-colle-don-bosco\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Novices Make Their First Salesian Religious Profession at Colle Don Bosco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(ANS \u2013 Colle Don Bosco \u2013 <strong>September 10, 2026<\/strong>) \u2013<\/strong> Fourteen novices from <strong>Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Poland and Spain<\/strong> made their first religious profession in the Salesian Congregation on <strong>September 8<\/strong>, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at 11 a.m. in the <strong>Basilica of St. John Bosco<\/strong> at Colle Don Bosco. The Holy Mass was presided over by <strong>Silvio Roggia<\/strong>, General Councillor for Formation, and concelebrated by <strong>Fr. Juan Carlos P\u00e9rez Godoy<\/strong>, General Councillor for the Mediterranean Region; the provincials of the new Salesians\u2019 home provinces; and dozens of priests. Family members and friends of the novices who had traveled there for the occasion were also present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The motto chosen by the novices for their profession was taken from the Gospel of John: \u201cRemain in my love\u201d (Jn 15:9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fr. Roggia\u2019s Homily<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his homily, <strong>Silvio Roggia<\/strong> drew inspiration from the motto chosen by the novices and from the grape harvest season currently taking place across Europe to offer a reflection on the meaning of religious profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Councillor recalled that the best bunches of grapes are those closest to the vine\u2019s trunk, as they receive the richest sap. In the same way, <strong>el P. Roggia<\/strong> explained, the new Salesians are called to remain ever close to the Lord, abiding in his love, so that they may bear abundant fruit in their lives and in their mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The New Salesians<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following are the names of the 14 young men who made their first Salesian religious profession:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ivan Berisi\u0107<\/strong> (CRO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Samuele Civati<\/strong> (ILE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fabio Di Ponzio<\/strong> (IME)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Francesco Maria Elia<\/strong> (ICC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u0141ukasz Grzywacz<\/strong> (PLO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Matej Marija Jur\u010di\u0107<\/strong> (CRO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bartol Franjo Kadi\u0107<\/strong> (CRO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Krystian Franciszek Krebs<\/strong> (PLE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Francesco Lucian\u00f2<\/strong> (ICC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fredison Oliveira Santos<\/strong> (POR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Filip Ondr\u00e1\u010dek<\/strong> (CEP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Salvador \u00c1lvaro Mar\u00eda Rivas Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong> (SMX)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ond\u0159ej \u0160kvain<\/strong> (CEP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ivan Sutalo<\/strong> (CRO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Salesians will now continue their formation, drawing on the experience gained during their novitiate year at <strong>Don Bosco\u2019s birthplace<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ANS \u2013 Colle Don Bosco \u2013 September 10, 2026) \u2013 Fourteen novices from Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Poland and Spain made their first religious profession in the Salesian Congregation on September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at 11 a.m. in the Basilica of St. John Bosco at Colle Don Bosco. The Holy Mass was presided over by Fr. Silvio Roggia, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/09\/11\/14-novices-make-their-first-salesian-religious-profession-at-colle-don-bosco\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">14 Novices Make Their First Salesian Religious Profession at Colle Don Bosco<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":33832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[782003439,516714022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formation","category-salesian-world-news"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-8ND","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-11-Novices-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33833,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829\/revisions\/33833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}